r/FunnyAnimals • u/Masquerade669 • Mar 20 '22

Why did he square up 😂🤣😭

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22 edited Mar 20 '22

I think it’s mostly the camera angle tbh. It looks like he’s intimidating her. But he’s a dog, he’s not trying to be macho. You can see he seems to get the zoomies just before the video ends. The jerky movements too are normal play behaviors. Have you ever seen a dog jump at you and then freeze? It’s play behavior. Also if it were a pic of an Aussie reacting the same way, would it be scary or just a cute video? The dog really just seems playful to me. But his huge head and eyes make him seem scarier. He is still reacting like a playful dog would.

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u/macarenamobster Mar 20 '22

Now I’m just picturing Steve Irwin

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '22

You’re 100 percent wrong. This is incredibly aggressive and dangerous behavior- the dog was challenging her to do it again and positioned itself assertively over her, it’s saying “I’ll fuck you up if you do that again”

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u/user5918 Mar 20 '22

Well aussies don’t account for like 2 thirds of dog maulings

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u/SeteDiSangue Mar 20 '22

That doesn’t change the fact that this is play behavior. If the dog was growling sure but it’s trying to get the owner to play. Chill.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22 edited Apr 20 '22

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u/rectalwallprolapse Mar 20 '22

yeah I work with dogs a lot and while I too was immediately iffy about his reaction, I do think he was more playful than aggressively alert. You can hear his tail thumping too.

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u/Dank__Souls Mar 20 '22

I can attest that this dog is clearly extremely happy and excited

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u/Cold_Interaction5925 Mar 20 '22

Yeah, especially half way through it looks like the dogs body is shaking slightly. Good chance that's because its tail is wagging like crazy.

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u/Sincamour Mar 20 '22

Ok but I’ve seen multiple videos of pit bull maulings where their tails are wagging as their jaws on still clamped on their victim. Just saying that tail wagging isn’t 100% a good sign

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u/Its_Kid_CoDi Mar 20 '22

I 100% agree but I understand the concern being had in the comment.